The Artemis program has been NASA's best chance to get "boots on the moon" again. But with the new US administration taking ...

This will also prepare us to safely send the first human explorers to Mars." During formulation, NASA will proceed with exploring and evaluating two distinct means of landing the payload platform ...

During his inaugural address this month, US President Donald Trump pledged that the United States would launch astronauts to plant the “Stars and Stripes” on planet Mars. Human boots on Mars ...

The first option will rely on the sky crane method, used for the entry descent and landing of the two rovers still exploring Mars. The second will utilize new commercial capabilities and partners ...

NASA's mission is to return rock, soil and others samples to Earth for study. NASA announced Tuesday that it's exploring two landing options to move forward with its mission to retrieve ...

Option one would use the same "sky crane" landing system proven with NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance Mars rovers, a smaller sample collection spacecraft, a smaller rocket to boost the samples ...

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could reach 2040. The year 2025 isn't even a week old and NASA is already ...

This story was updated to correct inaccurate position of Mars and Earth. Mars will appear its biggest and brightest this month when it reaches its closest position to Earth while simultaneously ...

The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040. By Kenneth Chang Last year, Kenneth Chang wrote about a Martian ...

Mars will make its closest approach to Earth this weekend while rising to its highest point in the night sky. On Sunday (Jan. 12), the Red Planet will make its close approach of Earth at 8:32 a.m ...

Year-round, whenever they’re above the horizon, they never cease to amaze. Mars, on the other hand, is easy to underappreciate because it appears small for much of the year, making it hard to ...

The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria got a call from the Philippine Mars flight crew and a message was broadcast for vessels on Patricia Bay to clear the area for a water landing ...